Too cutesy, and it sounds sarcastic. A government agent who performs an unlawful action is no less of a criminal than would be anyone else performing the same action. If a cop conspires to commit e.g. an unlawful break-in where someone gets killed, the cop is a murderer and should be called such. Not just a “criminal on patrol”.

]]>By: alexa-bluehttp://www.theagitator.com/2009/06/23/another-isolated-incident-31/comment-page-1/#comment-304002
Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:22:26 +0000http://www.theagitator.com/?p=13586#comment-304002wtf #4: if pizza guys deliver to the wrong house, there are consequences.
]]>By: Ignatiushttp://www.theagitator.com/2009/06/23/another-isolated-incident-31/comment-page-1/#comment-303968
Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:20:57 +0000http://www.theagitator.com/?p=13586#comment-303968But Major Mark Robinett of the Marion County Sheriff’s Department, who is in charge of warrant sweeps, said he was told that officers had a difficult time reading the addresses because of overcast skies.

Okay. Caveman Og can’t read number on house clearly from street. Prior to entering front door with force, approach house. Now, look at number again. Number closer now. Overcast sky still problem? Caveman Og use flashlight. Or light match to make light if flashlight pointed in wrong direction.

As an experienced pizza delivery guy, I can say that sometimes we DO go to the wrong house. The only difference is that we apologize and correct ourselves, instead of pulling out guns and telling sickly senior citizens to lie on the ground.

I remember this from reading Harlan Ellison’s columns for the LA Free Press: Since the word aardvark means “earth pig,” how ’bout we start referring to the boys in blue as “varks?”

I think it’s imperative that we don’t pick a name that reflects badly on some other species. I’ve already heard rumors that there is unrest in the pig community that they are being slandered by having their honorable name tarnished by its association with a class of creature markedly inferior by most standards of comparison. I need not point out that, in some parts of rural America where pigs actually outnumber humans, an uprising could lead to a pig take-over and even secession. If that were to happen, what would we do? Send in the police? I doubt the pigs would take kindly to that final insult. Pigs are known to eat people, you know…

]]>By: Andrew Williamshttp://www.theagitator.com/2009/06/23/another-isolated-incident-31/comment-page-1/#comment-303218
Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:46:12 +0000http://www.theagitator.com/?p=13586#comment-303218I remember this from reading Harlan Ellison’s columns for the LA Free Press: Since the word aardvark means “earth pig,” how ’bout we start referring to the boys in blue as “varks?”
]]>By: Lighthttp://www.theagitator.com/2009/06/23/another-isolated-incident-31/comment-page-1/#comment-302859
Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:33:44 +0000http://www.theagitator.com/?p=13586#comment-302859“COP” is a perfectly reasonable acronym to use… “Criminal On Patrol”
]]>By: supercathttp://www.theagitator.com/2009/06/23/another-isolated-incident-31/comment-page-1/#comment-302835
Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:08:19 +0000http://www.theagitator.com/?p=13586#comment-302835I wish people would stop using the term “cops” in stories like this and start using “badged criminals”. If someone breaks into 744 Evergreen Terrace without a warrant for 744 Evergreen Terrace or exigent circumstances sufficient to justify such break-in, that person is a burglar. It doesn’t matter whether the person is a government agent, and it doesn’t matter if the person has a warrant for 742 Evergreen Terrace. A cop’s official duties cannot legitimately include actions which are forbidden by the Constitution (Supremacy Clause), and a cop who is not carrying out official duties cannot legitimately claim exemption from laws which would apply to anyone else (Equal Protection clause, and prohibition of titles of nobility).

The only reason there are so many badged robbers is that the government and news media protected. Badged robbers should be called what they are, so that people will recognize them and treat them as they deserve.

]]>By: Max D.http://www.theagitator.com/2009/06/23/another-isolated-incident-31/comment-page-1/#comment-302759
Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:24:21 +0000http://www.theagitator.com/?p=13586#comment-302759They were “awoken”? That’s not even a word. How about “awakened”?
]]>By: Aspasiahttp://www.theagitator.com/2009/06/23/another-isolated-incident-31/comment-page-1/#comment-302637
Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:58:09 +0000http://www.theagitator.com/?p=13586#comment-302637That must have been some powerful bad fog if it covered the numbers on the house itself.

Do the LEO even TRY to come up with good excuses anymore?

]]>By: Terrorifichttp://www.theagitator.com/2009/06/23/another-isolated-incident-31/comment-page-1/#comment-302545
Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:48:27 +0000http://www.theagitator.com/?p=13586#comment-302545And if it were sunny they would have blamed the glare on the mailbox numbers.

Is there anything good about police anywhere?

]]>By: Timothyhttp://www.theagitator.com/2009/06/23/another-isolated-incident-31/comment-page-1/#comment-302543
Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:45:18 +0000http://www.theagitator.com/?p=13586#comment-302543“But Major Mark Robinett of the Marion County Sheriff’s Department, who is in charge of warrant sweeps, said he was told that officers had a difficult time reading the addresses because of overcast skies.”

Seems like the police department ought to stop hiring so many goddamned illiterates.

]]>By: Shawnhttp://www.theagitator.com/2009/06/23/another-isolated-incident-31/comment-page-1/#comment-302530
Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:16:59 +0000http://www.theagitator.com/?p=13586#comment-302530It’s amazing how UPS and FedEx workers can get addresses correct all day long but these guys have one address to get correct and somehow cannot.
]]>By: Jim Collinshttp://www.theagitator.com/2009/06/23/another-isolated-incident-31/comment-page-1/#comment-302509
Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:47:49 +0000http://www.theagitator.com/?p=13586#comment-302509What I meant was that if the cops were worried about the wrong person seeing them when they checked out the house number, they could always disguise somebody as a pizza delivery person.
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